[AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

Mon Nov 28 21:16:04 EST 2011

Jim it is worth the extra just to get away from the trash!! If that was 
where I had to be, I probably would not bother. ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James M. Walker" <chejmw at buffalo.edu>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" 
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Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 3:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er

> Hey Bernie,
> Howdy! I am and always have been a "General" operator (License from high
> school)
> Didn't need anymore than that! Been an "Engineer" since ever, after being 
> in
> the
> Military. I have been away from radio operating for a while now, and am
> getting
> the "Stations" back together and on the air! I run little rigs and "BIG
> RIGS"
> and have receivers that "work". Been listening for a bit since I moved and
> was
> ready to have a "regular" QSO, those folks need better manners is all.
>
> My RCA BTA1M is sitting on 160 meters and moving it to 80 won't take much
> retuning! However I figure I'll just put one of my BC-610s on 80 easier to
> tune
> and such. Plunk down on the frequency and call "CQ" like W2OY used to do
> That should stop the "Nonsense". Things seem to have gone bad cause no one
> calls them to task! That changes now.
>
> If you like I will send ya an email when I turn on the BC-610, "Let's See
> What Happens"!!
>
> Jim
> "I'M Back!"
> WB2FCN
> http://eshop1.chem.buffalo.edu/
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bernie Doran" <qedconsultants at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er
>
>
>> Hi Jim: as several have said try down around 3705. The only time I go to
>> the
>> top end is to check into the Collins Collecter Net.  There is very very
>> little that I want to listen to in the "AM window"   Sad that it is 
>> called
>> that, some one interested in possibly trying AM might think that is
>> typical!!
>>  Bernie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "James M. Walker" <chejmw at buffalo.edu>
>> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service"
>> <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:02 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er
>>
>>
>>> Well,
>>> Just moved to new home, got on 80 meters with a DX-100.
>>> Listened to the garbage on 3880! Tried to join the group for
>>> a signal report, gasp, the monologue was going on forever,
>>> waited, then called in the break, was classed as a "PW"
>>> station, so now I know what to do, stay "AWAY" from that crowd!
>>>
>>> BC-610s are coming together nicely, and the 80 meter inverted vee
>>> is ready to go up at about 60 feet, broke my sling-shot gotta find
>>> another.
>>>
>>> Next time I transmit on 3880, I will just call "CQ" and ignore all the
>>> junk
>>> from the "Professionals". I mean how long can you rant about a mixer?
>>>
>>> The folks I was used to talking to had "Class, and Style", and great
>>> signals
>>> guess they got tired of the "Garbage" also did not hear any of them on.
>>>
>>> Jim WB2FCN
>>> REAL-RADIO in Buffalo
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "D. Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>
>>> To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2011 1:22 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] "Real" AM'er
>>>
>>>
>>>>> From: Brett Gazdzinski <Brett.Gazdzinski at verizon.net>
>>>>
>>>>> The trick is to enjoy the hobby and not let anything that happens get
>>>>> you
>>>>> worked up.
>>>>
>>>> I agree. Some people take the most trivial stuff far too seriously.
>>>>
>>>>> Jamming? Turn the stuff off and do something else, or go some place
>>>>> else
>>>>> and
>>>>> call CQ.
>>>>
>>>> Now, I have a problem with that. It's like bowing down to the bullies 
>>>> on
>>>> the
>>>> playground, handing over your lunch money and letting them get away 
>>>> with
>>>> kicking you around. They will just come round to-morrow expecting to 
>>>> get
>>>> away with the same thing again.  Too many members of the AM community
>>>> wimp
>>>> out at the slightest provocation, tuck their tail between their legs,
>>>> and
>>>> flee the scene as soon as they encounter heckling. When you do that, 
>>>> the
>>>> hecklers just "won" and you let them know they did.
>>>>
>>>> Equip your station with a transmitter and erect an antenna system with
>>>> sufficient "strap" that you can continue about your business. Ignore 
>>>> the
>>>> miscreants and pretend they  don't exist. They will quickly become
>>>> frustrated and go away.
>>>>
>>>> NEVER make any mention of  intentional QRM or jammers when you face 
>>>> them
>>>> over the air.  Once you acknowledge their existence in any way, you 
>>>> just
>>>> made their day. The absolutely worst thing you can  do is to try to
>>>> argue
>>>> or
>>>> debate with them over the air, or P&M about the deliberate 
>>>> interference.
>>>> Take a more subtle approach: STRAP SOFTLY AND TURN UP THE WICK.
>>>>
>>>> To quote Ashtabula Bill: "Ain't a slopbucket in North America can 
>>>> bother
>>>> me."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don, k4kyv
>>>>
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